Vehicle-spring



(No Model.)

J. J. KALINA.

VEHICLE SPRING. No. 314,029. Patented Marpl7, 1885.

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UNITE- STATES PATENT @Firrcs.

JOHN J. KALINA, OF COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,029, dated March 17, 1885.

Application filed May 31, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN J. KALINA, of Gollinsville, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Vehicle-Spring, of which the follow-- ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and durable spring for buggies, wagons, and other vehicles, whereby the body or bed of the vehicle mounted on the springs will be free to adjust or level itself crosswise independently of the runninggear of the vehicle, and so as to relieve the body of sudden sidewise lurching movements in traveling over slanting or uneven roads.

The invention consists in a vehicle-spring made with its upper and lower members or sections movable lengthwise on each other.

The invention consists, also, in special constructions of the spring, with anti friction rollers interposed between its opposite sections, and with elastic buffers or cushions, to limit the end motion and prevent shock and noise, and in other details of construction, all

as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of one of my improved springs with one end of its upper member in section, and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional elevation taken on the line a: 00, Fig. l.

The letter A indicates the upper member or section of the spring, and B its lower member or section, which sections may consist each' of any desired number of leaves or plates of suitable spring metal. I show three leaves to each spring-section.

The upper spring-section, A, has fixed to or formed upon it at each end a pair of hanging bracket arms, 0 C, and between these arms are journaled the anti-friction rollers D E, one above the other, at each end of the section A. The rollers inclose between them one or more of the upper leaves, b, of the lower spring-section, B, so that the upper section, A, which is to be attached to the vehicle-body, shall be free to rock or roll lengthwise of the spring on the lower section, B, and will be held securely to it.

I show the bracket-arms G 0 attached to the lower leaf, a, of the spring-section A, and but a single upper leaf, b, of the lower springsection entered between the end pairs of rollers D E; but the particular arrangement of parts in these respects may vary with the size of the spring and the weight or strain it is to bear.

The ends of the leaf b of the lower springsection, B, are turned upward, as at F, to serve as stops to the movement either way of the upper spring-section, and I fix rubber or other elastic cushions G inside the ends F, against which cushions the rollers D may strike to lessen the shock and prevent noise.

It will be understood that my improved spring is of that class which ranges crosswise of the wagon-body or in line or parallel with the axles when running straight ahead, consequently when the lower spring-sectiomB, is fastened suitably by bolts or clips at H to the running-gear, and the upper springsection is secured at I to the wagon-body, the body will be free'to move with section A and to assume a comparatively level position crosswise, and without sudden lurching or tossing, when the wagon or vehicle is running on roads which Having thus described my invention, I claim tion and the vehicle-body may have a lateral sliding movement on the lower spring-section, the stops preventing the disconnection of the two sections, substantially as set forth.

5 2. A vehicle-spring made with its upper and lower sections movable lengthwise upon each other, and one of said sections having end stops provided with elastic buffers or cushions, substantially as shown and de- IO scribed.

3. The combination, with the sect-ion A, having end pairs of rollers, D E, of the section B, held by its ends between the rollers, and having end stops, F F, fitted with buffers or cushions G G, substantially as shown and de- 1 scribed.

JOHN J. KALINA.

Witnesses:

FRED. A. VVIEDMOILT,

CHARLES WAoKER. 

